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abstract objects –
objects that do not
exist in
space and time. Most
nominalists have held that only
physical particulars in
space and time are real,...
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sound without a
corresponding objective reality;
expression used by the
nominalists of
universals and
traditionally attributed to the
medieval philosopher...
- a bicycle, an apple, and a
given woman's hair can all be red). In the
nominalist view,
everything is particular. A
universal at each
moment in time, from...
- artifacts,
differs sharply with
modern forms of idealism. One of the
first nominalist critiques of Plato's
realism was that of
Diogenes of Sinope, who said...
- God.
William of
Ockham inspired anti-metaphysical
tendencies with his
nominalist limitation of
human knowledge to
singular objects, and ****erted that the...
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considered an
advocate of
conceptualism rather than nominalism, for
whereas nominalists held that
universals were
merely names, i.e.
words rather than extant...
-
encouraged scholarly discussions.
Debates between the
realists and the
nominalists over the
concept of "universals" were
especially heated. Philosophical...
- the
scholastic Roscelin was
accused of tritheism. He was an
extreme nominalist who saw the
three divine persons as
separately existing. He was condemned...
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called Platonists;
those who deny
their existence are
sometimes called nominalists. The
terms "Platonism" and "nominalism" also have
established senses...
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neither a
Platonist who
believes in
abstract logical entities, nor a
nominalist according to whom the
particular is
first in the
orders of explanation...
